This month, we are taking a short break from our interview episodes and will resume with more thought-provoking guests next month. In the meantime, this episode is released on "Araw ng Kagitingan" or Day of Valor, and the premiere of GOMBURZA on Netflix. Despite this national holiday, there seems to a a kind of fatigue and cynicism surrounding nationalism these days. Here, I relate Randy David's discussion on political despair with the need to continue the civic excitement ignited by GOMBURZA. You may find Randy David's piece here: https://opinion.inquirer.net/172719/overcoming-political-des ..read more

Our guest is Drew Uy, who ran for Mayor of Paranaque City during the 2022 elections. We discuss his campaign, how it inspired a citizen movement, and what he has learned from this unique experience You may follow Drew Uy at the following links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrewTheDo X(Formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/DrewTheDo_ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drewthedo_ 0:00 Music 0:15 Intro 1:20 Drew Uy's Origin Story 4:40 Paranaque during the Pandemic 7:40 Drew Uy and Political Science 10:40 Drew Uy and Paranaque 16:30 Traditional Politics vs. New Politics 18:20 Drew Uy's Platf ..read more

In this episode, we talk to Dominic Ligot, founder of Data Ethics PH and host of AI conversations, on the effects of AI in our society, what are some of the benefits and risks of using AI, and how we can talk and think about AI in a more productive way. 0:00 Music 0.15 Intro on AI 3:00 Guest: Dominic Ligot 4:30 How Dominic Ligot got into AI? 10:00 How are people talking about AI? 16:00 What is AI and what AI is not? 20:20 What AI cant do? AI and Empathy 25:00 Dominic's best arguments for and against AI 31:30 What AI can do that we cannot do. 39:00 How do we move forward safely? 44:00 AI and ..read more

For this episode, we invited Miro Abala to discuss how Japanese anime is political. We discuss how Filipino society fell in love with anime, Animes as political content, Anime as a labor issue and Anime as foreign policy.   We also briefly recommend some animes that are very political and endorse the upcoming Japanese film festival.   You may get more information here: https://www.facebook.com/japanesefilmfestPH/   How to Watch: https://japanesefilmfestph.jfmo.org.ph/how-to-watch/     0:00 Music 0:15 Intro 2:10 What is Anime? 5:00 Is Scott Pilgrim Anime? 7:15 Animes b ..read more

The 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) was one of the highest grossing festivals our country has had in years. The top-grossing and most-watched movie from this line-up is Rewind(2023) starring Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera. In this Bonus episode, I invited my Dad to discuss what Rewind says about Marriage, Gender roles, Family Values, Jesus Christ and Story-telling in Filipino films ..read more

This episode was prompted after I discovered the exciting, incisive, and polemical book, Post-Dilawan Cinema and the Pandemic(2023) at the BLTX Small Press expo. We discuss Philippine Cinema through the lens of class struggle with the book's Author, Epoy Deyto. The conversation spans the issues of movie-going, how ph cinema alienates the poor, the ideological content of films, the intersections of politics and business in Philippine Cinema, and Metro Manila Film Festival. You can find a digital copy of the book here:https://www.missingcodec.com/downloads/post-dilawan-cinema-and-the-pandemic ..read more

Apologies if the sound for this episode is off. My microphone had technical difficulties so I had to re-dub my parts for audio clarity. For this holiday season, this episode will talk about mental health We always hear a lot about mental health. This may contain sensitive themes. We heara lot of buzzwords like anxiety, depression, toxicity, stress, trigger warnings etc . While many dismiss it as a lack of faith or resilience or a fad among the youth, there is a real phenomenon ofan increasing number of diagnoses, which need medication and therapy, and at extreme cases may lead to self-harm an ..read more

For our October episode, we discuss the vast and diverse world of Philippine Folklores with Jean Karl Gaverza, Researcher and Founder of Philippine Spirits. We discuss the many Gods, Monsters (Aswang) of the country's regions, and what they say about the many cultures in the Philippines. Karl also gives a generous list of recommendations on what to read regarding Philippine Myths, Gods and Aswangs. Lastly, we discuss Project Glocal Heritage as a way of preserving these many cultural stories. See how you can donate and help the campaign here: https://www.facebook.com/GlocalHeritagePH Check out ..read more

This episode is all about books. They aren't only things we read but things we buy, write, produce, market, and sell. We discuss the country's reading culture and the status of publishing sectors with guest, Kevin Ansel Dy from the National Book Development Board. We also discuss some tips for publishers and authors on how to improve the situation and some interesting books about books in the recommendations. This episode is produced in partnership with the Manila International Book Fair 2023. The MIBF is back with over 100 publishers, from indie to international. There will be many book ..read more

In this episode, as we experience more drastic changes in our weather, we discuss environmental issues, Climate change, advocacy in the Philippines with activist, John Leo Algo. 0:00 Music 0:12 Intro 2:30 Guest: John Algo 3:30 Why Environmental Advocacy? 11:50 What is environmental science? 14:40 Contributions to Environmental Advocacy 22:25 What are the most pressing environmental issues? 33:00 Climate Change denial and debates 37:00 Climate change humanly caused and humanly solved? 41:27 Climate change news? 48:40 What would John Algo tell the government? 51:00 Policy Wishlist for the Marco ..read more